The social parasite wasp Polistes atrimandibularis does not form host races

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1362-1367

  Fanelli, D ^a   Henshaw, M ^b   Cervo, R ^a   Turillazzi, S ^a   Queller, D C ^c   Strassmann, J E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b MCKENDREE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuckoo; Host races; Host parasite coevolution; Nestmate recognition; Polistes; Polistes atrimandibularis; Social parasite

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

COEVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ITALY; MORPHOMETRICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASP;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; ITALY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS); WASPS;

AVES; INSECTA; POLISTES; POLISTES ATRIMANDIBULARIS; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTES FUSCATUS PALLIPES;

EID: 28444479535     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00927.x     Document Type: Article

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